Definition of straighten

verb (v)

• straighten up or out; make straight (verb.motion)

  Synonym: unbend
  Antonym: bend, flex
  

  source: wordnet30
• make straight (verb.contact)

  Synonym: straighten out
  

  source: wordnet30
• get up from a sitting or slouching position (verb.motion)

  Example:
  The students straightened when the teacher entered.
  

  source: wordnet30
• put (things or places) in order (verb.change)

  Synonym: clean up, neaten, square away, straighten out, tidy, tidy up
  

  source: wordnet30
• straighten by unrolling (verb.contact)

  Synonym: roll out
  

  source: wordnet30
• make straight or straighter (verb.change)

  Example:
  Straighten this post.
  Straighten hair.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• A variant of Straiten. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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